Re: A GNU Distribution

[Ian Bentley]

A few threads behind in the conversation now, but I think there is a really great model for a source based package distribution with ArchLinux's AUR system.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository

AUR is really neat - you define a package by including the source, as well as any required resources, and finally you include a PKGBUILD file, which defines a list of dependencies, and provides the required build steps.

As a user of AUR, I simply pull a tarball containing all the above information, from the repository, I untar the package, and modify the PKGBUILD for my particular environment, adding or removing flags, adjusting the install location, or whatever else I want to customize.  The final step is to use the makepkg application, which run the installation scripts.

idb 

On 3 April 2012 08:32, Aurélien <address@hidden> wrote:

address@hidden (Alfred M. Szmidt) writes:

>    > and it will install in /usr/local which does not work for all
>    > packages.
>
>    I assert that would be a problem with those package, not with APT.
>
> If APT is the package manager, then it is a problem with APT not with
> the package.
>
>

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Since you wish to build something new, why do you stay on the idea of
APT?

Since you wish to build something flexible, why do you stay on the idea
of APT?

If you stay in the model of APT, don't gNewSense and Trisquel already
respond to your wish?


-- Aurelien

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Ian Bentley